Archive for year 2011 – Mink Machine

Winter in Berlin

December 18, 2011

My last time in Berlin was a decade ago, where I remember a sky full of construction cranes in the eastern parts. The city has seen some serious improvements since then and some sites had changed beyond recognition.

The value of semantics

November 21, 2011

Bruce Lawson is one of my favorite technical speakers, and it was great to see him at @media conference in London this summer. A few days ago he wrote HTML5 Semantics which gives a nice round-up of the state of semantics in November 2011.

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November 11, 2011

An old joke goes like this: “There are only 10 people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don’t”. Regardless of your understanding of that mathematical wordplay, the date of today is quite special.

Visual misconceptions in movies

November 10, 2011

We often perceive travel destinations from visual impressions gathered from movies, TV and other sources. This can of course give a somewhat different view than the real one.

Bourdain is back with Layover

November 06, 2011

One of the best ways to get inspiration for upcoming journeys is to watch entertaining hosts embark on their adventures. One of the best ways to get inspiration for upcoming journeys is to watch entertaining hosts embark on their adventures.

Banff mountain movie festival

September 30, 2011

Banff is more than just the sound of Nightcrawler. It is also a town in Canada which runs a film festival during one week every year, aptly named the Banff mountain movie festival.

A nice house in Palma

September 14, 2011

Palma is the largest city on Mallorca, the largest island in the Balearic Islands which are part of Spain. A few days ago I ascended the wide stairs from the Royal garden and turned a corner.

Media queries and JavaScript

September 03, 2011

Mobile development and responsive design are frequently mentioned these days. The most widely used technique for responsive design is media queries, a CSS3 extension of the media types frequently used in HTML4 and CSS2.

Kalabalik festival

August 29, 2011

I spent the weekend at an old abandoned amusement park in the deepest forests of Småland. It sounds like the plot of a bad zombie-splatter movie but it was even better. This was the first time the Kalabalik festival was arranged.